Posts Tagged: Beer and Science

You know what I mean by the holiday effect, right? The idea that the beer on the beach looking at the Gulf of Mexico or the Mediterranean taste great there but sucks when you try one after getting back home? Well, I whipped off a comment over at Boak and Bailey's just now that got me thinking … read more »

Josh Rubin wrote a great review of Les Trois Mousquetaires Porter Baltique in the Toronto Star today. It's a beer I love, having had my first in May 2010 after a beer run to La Belle Province. But I noticed something on the bottle that accompanied Josh' article. The bottle said "Automne 2010" and …

This is either just a bit weird or I have completely missed something. Apparently some scientists have been looking to find the yeast strain that started lager... and they think they have found it: • When the team brought the yeast to a lab at the University of Colorado and analyzed its genome …

No, really. That crater with the red dot? That the Beer Crater on the Moon. I would have preferred that it was called the Crater of Beer but that's just me. Google Moon places it a few hundred miles due west of the landing site of Apollo 15. Apparently there's one on Mars, too. I like that trail …

I knew this. I think I knew this anyway: • "This process is much like how you would do in a fourth-grade germination science project, where the grains would be soaked in water for about 24 hours, drained and then laid between sheets of cloth until they sprouted," said Amanda Mummert, an …

It must be Australia week and, finally, a story that is not so much about weird culture as a weird misappropriation of science. Apparently officials in the Australian state of Victoria are not interested in following up on the idea of introducing a far lower blood alcohol content (BAC) limit …

There is simply not enough beer and science photography going around. So it was with some relief that I saw the image apparently from the Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) attached to this story from the BBC. • At first I thought it was stock photography pasted onto a story about …

Not like I am really thinking too deeply today. The AFC championship just began after the third string Chicago quarterback made something out of a dud in the NFC game. I'd like to say that I'm sitting around having a beer but I don't really have beer on a Sunday when there's a tie and hard shoes … read more »

I have noticed a few stories from time to time about churches and other faiths getting into the pub to spread the good word... but now the scientists are up to it, too: • Wouldn’t it be nice to just knock back a beer with an egghead at your local watering hole? Welcome to Tacoma Science Caf … read more »

Someone out there was blogging against this idea that beer brewed at the full moon tastes different. I say "boo" to that and "boo" I say again. Here is the idea: • In Peruwelz, a sleepy town in Belgium, a family-owned brewery has produced its first batch of beer brewed by the light of a full …

Alan is apparently a Gen X-er who has hit 40... err...44... err... 45... YIKES... 46 ... [ZOW-WEE!!] 48... jessh, now 51... and edits and writes about other stuff at his personal website Gen X at 40. Please email Alan or any of the authors at this blog's gmail account - please write if you want to join the ranks of authors of this site or just want to send in a story on your favorite beer or photo of your regular pub.

I have moved the content of the OCB Commentary Wiki here. It is now a static document and pretty much is locked in as understandings existed as of 2012. Probably needs its own wiki to update the content! Below are the original introductory remarks:

"The purpose of this wiki is to collectively make comments, add annotation, identify errata and suggest further sources to the text of The Oxford Companion to Beer. Members are asked to avoid comment about the authors, the structure of the text or other extraneous matters. This wiki is a not for profit project that reviews the text pursuant to the concept of "fair dealing for the purpose of criticism or review" under Canadian copyright law." Alan McLeod, wiki Organizer, and chief bottle washer at A Good Beer Blog. Motto? "Many hands make pleasant work." Alan McLeod, 25 October 2011. Please provide some information about yourself when making a request to join the wiki. Anonymous requests for membership will not be approved. Overly ardent and rudely put claims to authority will be cause for removal from the membership. As of 11 January 2012, 134 entries or 12.2% of the total of 1,100 received commentary, many with multiple comments. Eight of the photos have been corrected as well. That number rose to 151 by 13 May 2012.